does a gunshot hurt straightway?

Question

if u was shot does it hurt straightway? somebody say that u can get shot and not even know until u see bleeding.

and how does the pain feel???? stinging, burning?????????

Answer 1

small guns sometimes u dont know till u see blood but big gun yes it does.

Answer 2

There are two reasons that people don't feel gunshot wounds after being shot.

The first, and most common, is the adrenaline rush that comes from the human flight or fight response. Your body focuses its attention away from pain and more to escape.

The second, and common mostly in high powered rifles, is that the bullet is so hot it flashburns the nerves around the entry point. This usually only happens on a through and through. That is, a bullet that comes in and out of a person's body in the same trajectory.

Most of the time, the pain of a gun shot comes when the bullet moves and tears muscles and nerves rather than pierces them.

I've been shot at close range with a shot gun and lived to tell about it and it hurt extremely bad to the point where I passed out.

Answer 3

It depends on how you were shot really. If you were walking down the street minding your own business and were shot, when the bullet enters you your body instantly goes into shock (and denial), and you'll just feel like you've been stung by a huge wasp. Only when you see the blood, does the brain realise you must hurt, and the pain kicks in. then it hurts like hell, unless shock can keep it at bay.
If you were shot during a fight (having seen the gun) your body would not be able do deny reality, and actually on the reverse would see you've been shot and tell you it hurts, as a body expects being shot would hurt. Therefore this way would hurt a lot more. On top of that, you'll have more adrenalin flooding your body, so shock is less likely to take over so quickly.
The body's survival mechanism is an intricate and delecate device.

Answer 4

I've been shot twice. I felt something both times but more pain later. It was a stabbing and burning sensation. With a small caliber, there's a slight impact, like a slap. With a larger caliber, it's more like a punch. It's not enough to knock me down, despite what some movies show. I am a big, strong man, so a smaller person might feel it more. I suppose one may go into shock and not feel anything soon after being shot.

Answer 5

depends on the bullet, trajectory, location and type of entrance/exit wound.

Honest.

imagine a piece of hail hitting you in the back of the head. It hurts initially because of the force of the blow (kinetic and potential energy) then the tearing of the flesh and the embedding or passing through of the bullet. If a nerve has been ripped you will feel it right away. if it is a glanceing blow causing more burn than hole, it makes a wound simular to a scrape or a burn, but deeper- most of the time you will feel that one as soon as the air hits it. if the bullet embeds into the bone or muscle, you will definitealy feel it as the bone shatters or the muscle refuses to move.

But sometimes the bullet gets lucky enough to pass through either....unoccupied territory or a fatty tissue mass that has little to no nerves.....or the nerves get overwelmed and adrenaline takes over. In these cases you will not feel it right away. Either a nerve has not been triggered to respond to pain, or the nerve is temporarily blinded by the adrenaline and overwelming amount of pain.

Also if you are high on some sort of drug, whatever your drug of choice is, you may not feel it at all due to sensory deprivation and body chemistry slowed or delayed to the drug.

Answer 6

I don't know from personal experience because I've never been shot. I was an "earwitness" to a shooting once and I can tell you the guy that was shot yelled pretty loudly a mere moment after I heard the gun go off; I rather assumed he was yelling at the pain of having been hit. I didn't have a chance to ask him what it felt like.

Answer 7

it really depends on the gun and where you are hit.
i took a .22 mag to the leg in a hunting acident. and HOLY S**T
it hurt like hell. i would not classify it as burning of stinging but more like a sharp stab and then a heavy throbbing.

and that is a very small calibur and it was very far away.

if it had been deer and not rabbit season. it probally would have been a 30.06 and that could have turned my leg into Jello.
and i would guess that it would hurt much more....

and again this was the calf muscle of the leg, and not the chest or something vital.

Answer 8

No offense, but if you were shot, how would you feel? It hurts! My dad was shot by a bebe gun and it hurt him, but it was a bebe gun. A real gun would leave a hole and pain. By the sight of blood, the human body reacts and causes more pain. I would think it would be stinging, burning, painful, and bleeding! Try to keep out of the way of this. Or at least be ready!

Answer 9

It depends on the situation. If you are ambushed or in the middle of a fire fight then your adrenaline is pumping at such a rate that you may not notice instantly. This is why we check each other over after contact. If you are just going about your day to day business and take a round then Yes it will hurt straight away and lots.

Answer 10

Very strange question! That depends I recon a gunshot at point blank range to the head with a shotgun or indeed ANY real firearm would result in instant death therefore this would not cause any paint what so ever. But a non fatal gunshot wound would be very painful straight away.

Answer 11

I've been shot twice, didn't realize it either time until after the fire fight was over and I saw the blood running everywhere. Then it hurt like a-------------. You get the idea. Mine burned and stung and just plain throbbed, I could feel my heart beat in the wounds both times. It's not something I would recommend. (both times it's was from an AK-47)